1.27.2011

Francoise Sighting

This morning I popped into the High Museum of Art for a quick preview of Toulouse-Lautrec and Friends: The Stein Collection, a striking exhibition opening Saturday, January 29. Howard and Irene Stein, another collecting couple, have been acquiring fin-de-siècle posters and prints since the 1970s and today posses a world-renowned collection of works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Happily for Atlanta and the High, the Steins are generous. Recently the couple gave the museum 47 works of art, encompassing pieces by Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Degas, Bonnard, and Daumier. And this is in addition to their past contributions.

5 comments:

Have you ever seen the "American Masters" series on Robert Capa? I know it is old, but it was just on the other night here. You would really like the footage of him on the beach shooting Gilot and Picasso that day.

Went to the member preview last night! The posters and lithographs were brilliant, especially the pieces of Jane Avril. And the "splatter" effect created by the lithography was amazing up close. Can't wait for the the Henri Cartier-Bresson show to open!

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I was in Atlanta a month ago and I made it a point to visit the High. I'm so glad I did. I caught the Dali and Titian exhibits. It's an amazing Museum. It's just to bad I missed this Toulouse-Lautrec one. I really love the ones at the Musee D'Orsay.